Property, Plant, and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

PROPERTY, PLANT, AND EQUIPMENT

Components of property, plant, and equipment at December 31 consisted of the following (in thousands):



	2014			2013
Land and land improvements	$	10,538		$	11,939
Building and improvements	59,377			61,734
Machinery and equipment	219,408			203,052
Construction in progress	7,859			8,142
Property, plant, and equipment, gross	297,182			284,867
Less: accumulated depreciation	(167,607		)	(153,115		)
Property, plant, and equipment, net	$	129,575		$	131,752

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale. Includes, but is not limited to, accounting policies and methodology, roll forwards, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, including composite depreciation, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, useful lives and method used, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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